Preventive Treatment for Sickle Cell Disease

Hydroxyurea became the first (and only) drug proven to prevent complications of sickle cell disease in the Multicenter Study of Hydroxyurea in Sickle Cell Anemia which was completed in 1995.

For more information, see "Hemoglobin: molecular, genetic, and clinical aspects", Bunn and Forget, Saunders, 1986. or 1984

Human Hemoglobin Genetics
by George R. Honig, Junius G., III Adams (February 1986)
Springer Verlag; ISBN: 0387818723

Hemoglobinopathies (Methods in Hematology, Vol 15)
T.H.J. Huisman(Editor) / Hardcover / Published 1987 ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````

Psychosocial Aspects of Sickel Cell Disease Kermit Nash, Ed. The Hawoth Press, Inc.

Science Is Not a Quiet Life : Unravelling the Atomic Mechanism of Haemoglobin
Max F. Perutz(Editor) / Hardcover / Published 1998
Our Price: $78.00

Science Is Not a Quiet Life : Unravelling the Atomic Mechanism of Haemoglobin Vol 4
Max F. Perutz (Editor) / Paperback / Published 1996
Our Price: $29.00

Structure and Function Relationships in Biochemical Systems
Francesco Bossa / Hardcover / Published 1982
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Frequencies of Hemoglobin Variants : Thalassemia, the Glucose-6-Phosphate
Dehydrogenase Deficiency, G6Pd Variants & Ovalocytosis in Human
Populations RECENT
by Frank B. Livingstone